9/5 Saturday Hack

[Ross Bochnek]

I'll be going into the space tomorrow, 9/5/15 to work on the Seiko Robot Controller and stuff.  

I'm thinking noon-6.

[Krystin]

Hi Ross, do you know how to use the Media Blasting Cabinet?  If not, do you know if there are instructions nearby?  May I stop in to use the machine?

Thanks!

[Sam Harmon]

I’ll likely be there for a while as well. Possibly rearranging stuff?

Sam

> On Sep 4, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Ross Bochnek <interac...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'll be going into the space tomorrow, 9/5/15 to work on the Seiko Robot Controller and stuff.
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> I'm thinking noon-6.
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[Ross Bochnek]

Krystin, yes and yes.  It'll be a great excuse to try the red air compressors Ian brought us, and we have at least one other working one.  We're currently using playground sand.  The blasting cabinet is pretty easy to use, but kinda slow.  We've used it to etch glass and remove paint from plastic.  I'm interested to see your application.  It'll be a blast [heh].

On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 11:14:36 AM UTC-4, Ross Bochnek wrote:

[Jonny Hall]

>We're currently using playground sand.

I'm assuming that since this is contained in a cabinet, it's not really an issue, but be aware that silica sand is not something you really want to be crushing and later inhaling -- silicosis is no fun!  So, if you're planning to blast anything that doesn't fit inside the cabinet, it'd be good to look into alternative media (I think they are often aluminum oxide based).

  -Jonny

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[Ross Bochnek]

We probably should get a few lbs. of real blasting media; it'd probably last us a long time inside the cabinet.

[Sam Harmon]

I’ll go get some on my way to the space today.

Sam

> On Sep 5, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Ross Bochnek <interac...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> We probably should get a few lbs. of real blasting media; it'd probably last us a long time inside the cabinet.
>

[Ross Bochnek]

I'm trying to get my phone repaired today.  I hope to be there by 2.  Sorry for any delays.

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[Ross Bochnek]

Yesterday I:

-Finished Pi cable strain relief (rebuilt to accomodate power adapter)

-began cable management

-searched around for the piece of breakout board that went missing (am still looking)

-began designing case artwork

=some fonts experimented with inlcude: Sheru, Aurebesh, Top Secret, Atari Kids, and Wargames

[Sam Harmon]

Additionally, we (Ross, Ian, and myself):
-got new belts for the Shopsmith Beltsander attachment, and got one installed
-got the blasting cabinet up to a more usable level (new gloves, safer abrasive, dust collection, lots of improved sealing)
-Started working on a dedicated bench for the blasting cabinet, though I didn’t get terribly far
—-all the pieces are cut, just need to screw it all together and sort out a top
—-using these plans: http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/workshop/bench/below20xl.html, but smaller
-moved some things around to make room for the refrigerator in the “clean” half of the space

Sam

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